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To: mlo; Polarik
"He has not been intellectually honest and has also posted veiled personal attacks."

Utterly false.

Calling someone a troll doesn't disprove what they are saying. But some of the regulars on the birther threads can only reach that level of argument.

"Birther" is an attack on those who favor the birth certificate issue.

Again you are not being honest.

You called Polarik a fraud by implication whether you admit to it or not. The fact is there for all to see.

Neither should you be called a troll IMO! Though it is a certainty that you are extremely dogged and almost obsessed by this issue. Repeating the same argument and opinion over and over is troll-like behavior. Why not refer the poster to a link to thread so and so, # whatever rather than putting up essentially the same post?

Personally, I have found some items in a few of your posts thought-provoking.

703 posted on 02/07/2009 9:39:59 AM PST by 22cal (Forgiven, not perfected)
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To: 22cal

I think that, although I don’t discount the possibility of any of them being planted trolls, some may enjoy treating FR like a debating society, i.e. they take a difficult stance on a topic and try to flesh it out with bovine scatology, just to see how far they can go with it, and get their jollies that way.


707 posted on 02/07/2009 9:45:29 AM PST by Scanian
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To: 22cal
""Birther" is an attack on those who favor the birth certificate issue."

"Birther" is a label which even some birthers have used.

"Again you are not being honest."

You will not be able to find a single instance of me being dishonest. That you disagree with me, or that you interpret something differently, is not me being dishonest.

"You called Polarik a fraud by implication whether you admit to it or not. The fact is there for all to see."

No I did not. And this has already been detailed. The "fact" is not there for all to see because it didn't happen.

What we are seeing here again is that some people cannot distinguish between honest disagreement and dishonesty. I said Polarik's work was amateurish. I said it was nonsense. I've said it wouldn't be taken seriously be a real expert, and other such comments. None of that equates to "fraud", which means a conscious effort to deceive. As far as I know, Polarik fully believes in his own work.

729 posted on 02/07/2009 11:56:39 AM PST by mlo
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